Assam train derailment LIVE updates: Six coaches of Sairang-Kolkata Express train derail

People at the site after several coaches and the engine of the Sairang-Kolkata Express train derailed, at Digaru near Guwahati, Assam on November 11, 2026.

Six coaches, including the engine, of Kolkata-Sairang Express train derailed at Digaru railway station in Assam early Wednesday (November 11, 2026) after the loco pilot allegedly failed to control the train’s speed while giving precedence to another train.

All passengers are safe and no injuries were reported, Northeast Frontier Railway said. Relief and rescue operations are under way, the Indian Railways zone said, adding that passengers are being taken to their destinations by an alternate trains.

The exact cause of derailment is yet to be ascertained. “We were sitting and talking when a staff member left to sell tea. We too were about to move when the train started shaking on the tracks. We collided with parts of the train inside the compartment. Then, with a loud sound, the engine derailed. We don’t know anything more. Nobody was injured; everyone is safe,” a passenger tol ANI.

On June 17, a train accident killed 10 people and injured over 40 near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, about 600 km from Kolkata. The mishap was caused when a goods train hit the 13174 Down Agartala Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express in the rear at 8.55 a.m. The two trains were manually cleared to run in the same block section, a mere 15 minutes apart, since automatic signalling was malfunctioning between the Ranipatra and Chattar Hat stations which fall under the Northeast Frontier Railway.

Train accident near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal caused by human error, lack of safety measures, and systemic failures.

Eight coaches of the Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express derailed at Dibalong near Lumding in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Thursday (October 17, 2024).

“The incident occurred at 3.55 p.m. and there has been no major casualty or injury. All passengers are safe,” posted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on X.

Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Express derails in Assam, no casualties reported, eight coaches affected, Railway spokesperson confirms.

Seven elephants were killed and a calf injured when the Mizoram-New Delhi Rajdhani Express hit a herd of wild elephants in central Assam’s Hojai district early on Saturday (December 20, 2025).

The collision led to the derailment of the locomotive and five coaches of the Train no. 20507 Sairang Rajdhani Express in the Jamunamukh-Kampur section under the Lumding Division of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). Railway officials said no passenger was injured.

Train derailment in Assam kills seven elephants; no passenger injuries reported, disrupting train movement and causing multiple cancellations.

Three persons were killed and 50 injured, several of them seriously, when the Guwahati-bound 55805 up Chilarai Passenger train collided with an earth excavator at an unmanned level-crossing between the Mirza and Azara stations in lower Assam’s Kamrup district on Friday morning.

The accident took place at 9.15 a.m. Nine coaches along with the engine jumped the rails in the impact, five bogies plunging into a low-level area near the track.

India News:Three killed, 50 injured as train derails in Assam

The Southern Railway has ordered an inquiry into the derailment of seven goods wagons at a yard near Jolarpet Railway Station in Tirupattur.

Railway officials said that seven wagons got derailed for around 400 metres, when the train was being moved from a loop line to the main line in the yard near the railway station.

Inquiry ordered into derailment of seven goods wagons near Jolarpet Railway Station; no injuries, services restored by 12:30 a.m.

Several coaches of Kolkata-Sairang Express train derailed at Digaru railway station in Assam early Wednesday (November 11, 2026) after the loco pilot failed to control the train’s speed while giving precedence to another train.

Several coaches of Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed at Digaru, Assam; all passengers safe, cause under investigation, relief operations underway.

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